Hand anvil



March 26, 1957 W. A. JOHNSON HAND ANVIL Filed Feb. 16, 1956 INVENTOR.Lvi llicu'n, a; JO 11.115011.

United States Patent HAND ANVIL William A. Johnson, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application February 16, 1956, Serial No. 565,930

1 Claim. (Cl. 81-15) My invention relates to improvements in handanvils.

In the marketing of fixtures and appliances for the home and elsewherewhich are constructed of sheet metal in greater or lesser part, thesheet metal is frequently bent, dented or in some way slightly deformedduring shipment or handling with the result that such damaged articlesare frequently returned to the factory for minor repair, which for thesake of economy would be desirably accomplished on the premises of thedealer or distributor by ordinary repairmen employing simple tools.

An object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, durableand effective tool for use in accomplishment of the desiderationaforesaid, which is of compact form capable of being conveniently heldin the hand of a user and which has a cylindrical surface and aplurality of angularly related plane surfaces meeting one another andthe said cylindrical surface in a manner providing a number of anvilsurfaces of various sizes and shapes with variously shaped lines ofdivision therebetween for use selectively in accommodation of varietiesof work to be treated.

Other objects of the invention reside in the novel combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterillustrated and/or described.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a hand anvil constructed in accordancewith my invention and showing the back of the anvil from the nose-endthereof.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 1 showing the anvil fromthe butt end thereof.

Fig. 3 is a transverse cross-sectional view of the anvil shown in Figs.1 and 2, said view being taken as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The illustrated embodiment of my improved hand anvil consists of a blockA of suitable metal and, though slightly elongated, is relativelycompact, the same being capable of being readily held in the hand of auser and shifted from one position to another therein and with respectto the work to which the anvil is applied for the selective presentationof its various faces to the particular work involved in the course oftreatment.

The block A has a front planiform face 10, and meeting said face at thetip portion a of the block along a straight line of division 11 is aplaniform tip face 12. Meeting said front face 10 of the block A at thebutt portion a thereof and along a straight line of division 13 is aplaniform butt face 14. Also meeting said front face 10 of said block atone side thereof and along a straight line of division 15 is a planiformside face 16. Said side face 16 meets the tip face 12 and the butt face14 of the block A along straight lines of division 17 and 18,respectively and said front face 10, tip face 12, butt face 14 and sideface 16 are disposed in right angular relationship with respect to eachother. At the back of the block A and at the tip portion a thereof, saidblock is formed with a planiform face 19 which is rearwardly inclinedaway from the tip face 12, said inclined face 19 meeting said tip face12 and the side face 16 along straight lines of division 20 and 21,respectively. Also at the back of the block A is a cylindrical face 22,the same being generated as from an axis extending longitudinally of theblock forwardly of the front face 10 thereof. Said cylindrical face 22meets the front face 10 of the block and the side face 16 thereof alongstraight lines of division 23 and 24, respectively. This cylindricalface 22 of said block A additionally meets the tip face 12 and the buttface 14 thereof along circular lines of division 25 and 26,respectively, and also meets the inclined face 19 of the block along aline of division 27 of elliptical form. Said cylindrical face 22 and theadjoining butt face 14 are rounded one into the other, as at 28, alongthe circular line of division 26 therebetween.

Thus, it is seen that the block A, formed as described, is relativelysmall and compact and conveniently held in the hand and, yet, isprovided with a relatively great variety of anvil surfaces of varioussizes and shapes variously associated with each other and meeting eachother along lines of division of various contours, thereby adapting thetool to the ready and eflicient use thereof in a relatively greatvariety of applications such as those encountered in connection withdamaged fixtures and appliances of the nature hereinbefore indicated.

Changes in the specific form of the invention, as herein described, maybe made within the scope of What is claimed without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to beprotected by Letters Patent is:

A hand anvil consisting of an elongated block of metal having aplaniform front face, and having also a planiform side face, a planiformbutt face and a planiform tip face all meeting said front face alongstraight lines of division therebetween, said side face similarlymeeting said tip face and butt face along straight lines of division,said faces being disposed in right angular relationship with respect toeach other, said block having a planiform back face at its tip portioninclined rearwardly away from the tip face and meeting said tip face andsaid side face along straight lines of division therebetween, said blockalso having a cylindrical back face generated as from an axis extendinglongitudinally of the block, said cylindrical face meeting said frontface and side face along straight lines of division, and meeting saidbutt face and said tip face along circular lines of division, andmeeting said inclined face along a line of division of elliptical form.

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